Library Media Skills
Procedures/Activities
Information Literacy Skill
ISTE NETS-S
Standard Number
Standard Statement

I Access

  1. Research and Information Fluency
  2. plan strategies to guide inquiry
  3. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
ELA4R1a(2)
Locates facts that answer the reader’s questions.




ELA4R1h(2)
Distinguishes fact from opinion or fiction.


Shelfari
  1. Communication and Collaboration
  2. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
  3. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
ELA4R2
The student consistently reads at least twenty-five books or book
equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should
include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as
well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary
forms and from at least five different writers.

II. Selection


ELA4R1h
Identifies themes and lessons in folktales, tall tales, and fables.


Shelfari
  1. Communication and Collaboration
  2. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
  3. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
ELA4R2
The student consistently reads at least twenty-five books or book
equivalents (approximately 1,000,000 words) each year. The materials should
include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as
well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary
forms and from at least five different writers.


Shelfari
  1. Communication and Collaboration
  2. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
  3. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
ELA4R3a
Reads a variety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language.




ELA4R3g
Identifies playful uses of language (e.g., puns, jokes, palindromes).

III. Utilization


ELA4R1a
Relates theme in works of fiction to personal experience.




ELA4R1b
Identifies and analyzes the elements of plot, character, and setting in stories
read, written, viewed, or performed.




ELA4R1c
Identifies the speaker of a poem or story.




ELA4R1d
Identifies sensory details and figurative language.




ELA4R1f
Makes judgments and inferences about setting, characters, and events and
supports them with elaborating and convincing evidence from the text.




ELA4R1i
Identifies rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and sensory images in poems.




ELA4R1b(2)
Identifies and uses knowledge of common textual features (e.g., paragraphs,
topic sentences, concluding sentences, glossary).



  1. Research and Information Fluency
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
d. process data and report results
ELA4R1c(2)
Identifies and uses knowledge of common graphic features (e.g., charts, maps,
diagrams, illustrations).




ELA4R1d(2)
Identifies and uses knowledge of common organizational structures (e.g.,
chronological order, cause and effect).



  1. Communication and Collaboration
a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
ELA4R1f(2)
Summarizes main ideas and supporting details.


*Dictionary
*Thesaurus
(Print and online resources)
  1. Research and Information Fluency
  2. plan strategies to guide inquiry
  3. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
ELA4R3d
Determines meanings of words and alternate word choices using a dictionary
or thesaurus.



  1. Communication and Collaboration
b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
ELA4W2c(3)
Supports judgments through references to the text, other works, authors, or
non-print media, or references to personal knowledge.



  1. Digital Citizenship
a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology
ELA4W3a
Acknowledges information from sources.


*Prefaces
*Appendices
*Indices
*Glossaries
*Tables of contents
3. Research and Information Fluency
b. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
ELA4W3b
Locates information in reference texts by using organizational features (i.e.,
prefaces, appendices, indices, glossaries, and tables of contents).




ELA4W3c
Uses various reference materials (i.e., dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, electronic
information, almanac, atlas, magazines, newspapers, and key words).







IV. Production


ELA4W2g (2)
Draws from more than one source of information such as speakers, books,
newspapers, and online materials.




ELA4W3d
Demonstrates basic keyboarding skills and familiarity with computer terminology
(e.g., software, memory, disk drive, hard drive).




ELA4LSV2b
Evaluates the role of the media in focusing attention and in forming an opinion.




ELA4LSV2b(2)
Uses notes, multimedia, or other memory aids to structure the presentation.

V. Literary Appreciation


ELA4LSV2a
Demonstrates an awareness of the presence of the media in the daily lives of
most people.




ELA4LSV2c
Judges the extent to which the media provides a source of entertainment as
well as a source of information.